§ EARL RUSSELLsaid, that the noble Earl opposite (the Earl of Malmesbury) had requested last night that he (Earl Russell) would be prepared to state this evening the course he intended to take on the proposal of the Government to refer the Compulsory Church Rates Abolition Bill to a Select Committee. While he confessed he had great doubts on the subject, yet, on the understanding that the principle of the Bill was not to be departed from, and that the Committee would be only for the purpose of going carefully through the details, he should not oppose the Motion of the noble Earl. He would on another occasion state more particularly his views on the subject.